The Magic of Poland

6.00 PM, meet your guide and the restof the group in the hotel's lobby.

Drive along the beautifully renovated Royal Route with its historical monuments and residences. Stop at the Castle Square for a short walk through the Old Town, and then join us for a welcome dinner at a local restaurant. Your meal will include typical Polish dishes and famous Polish vodka, "Zubrowka".

Dinner

This morning, we introduce you to the highlights of Warsaw. A half-day sightseeing tour includes: Old Town, beautifully rebuilt after World War II, with the impressive Royal Castle, the seat of the kings of Poland. Here the Constitution of May 3rd was proclaimed in 1791, the oldest constitution, after the US Consititution, in the world. You will admire some of its 300 rooms and see the Canaletto Room with 23 of his paintings, the Throne Room, the magnificent Knights' Hall with six large paintings by Marcello Bacciarelli, the Marble Room with its 22 portraits of Polish kings and the largest and the most impressive of all the castle's chambers, the Ballroom. Continue our tour with a drive to the area of the former Warsaw Ghetto. En route, you will see the building of the National Opera House and the Town Hall. 

Lunch will be served at a local restaurant.

This evening you will take also an unforgettable musical journey through the world famous compositions of our greatest composer, Frederic Chopin, at a two-part piano recital.

Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, we depart for Zakopane - one of the most popular vacation resorts in the Tatra Mountains.

En route, we stop in Czestochowa to visit the Jasna Gora Sanctuary and the Black Madonna Shrine with its miraculous icon.

Lunch will be served at a local restaurant before we continue to Zakoane, beautifully situated in a valley between Gubalowka and Giewont. Once, a small mountaing village, Zakopane becasem a fashionable artists' resort at the beginning of the 20th century.

Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, you will have a sightseeing tour of Zakopane, whose wooden architecture blends with the natural landscapes and it is a copied in the other parts of Poland and is known as Zakopianski Style. You will visit Jaszczurowka Chapel, a great example of the wooden architecture in Zakopane, and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima at Krzeptowki, which was built by the people of Zakopane to thank the Lady of Fatima for saving the Pope, John Paul II, after an attempt on His life.

Admire the breathtaking views of the Tatras from the top of Gubalowka Mountain and shop for souvenirs of arts and crafts of the Highlanders (Gorale) in the local shops.

Lunch on your own and free time. Before we continue on to Krakow, take a spectacular rafting trip on the Dunajec River in Pieniny National Park. Tonight's dinner will be served upon arrival at the hotel.

Breakfast, Dinner

In the morning drive to Auschwitz-Birkenau to visit the Martyrdom Museum of the former Nazi concentration camp, the infamous factory of death.

Upon arrival back to Krakow,  light lunch at afternoon tour of former Jewish district Kazimierz.

Evening and dinner on your own.

Breakfast, Light Lunch

The morning sightseeing tour will feature Wawel, the Royal Castle, home to three dynasties of Poland’s monarchs. Its stately halls and exquisite chambers are filled with priceless art, valuable period furniture and rare ancient objects. The collection of monumental 16th century tapestries is matchless. You will also visit the Wawel Cathedral, the place of the cult of St. Stanislaw and St. Jadwiga, Queen of Poland.  Its 18 chapels are true architectural masterpieces. The giant bell, Zygmunt from 1520 ranks with the world’s largest. This is the place where Polish kings were crowned and buried. Walk to Old Town with its restored Main Square of magnificent houses and palaces. There, you stop at St. Mary’s Basilica where to see the magnificent wooden altar by Wit Stwosz. In the middle of the square is Cloth Hall built before 1349, but renovated in the 16th century with many shopping stalls inside.

In the afternoon option tour to Wieliczka Salt Mine. Evening on your own.

*** optional tour to Wieliczka Salt Mine - booking of the tour is requested 30 days prior departure. 

Rate for party of 1-2 persons

EUR 280 per party of max. 2 persons - private car and English speaking assistance

EUR 35 per person - entrance fee for the regular, joined tour of Wieliczka Salt Mine including local obligatory English speaking guide

Rate for party of 3-5 persons

EUR 310 per party of max. 5 persons – private minibus and English speaking assistance

EUR 35 per person - entrance fee for the regular, joined tour of Wieliczka Salt Mine including local obligatory English speaking guide

We require 100% payment, when making the reservation.

The Tour to Wieliczka Salt Mine is non-refundable in case of cancellation.

Breakfast

Buffet breakfast at the hotel ends your tour.

Breakfast